It’s been 50 years since Daniel O’Neill was one of
hundreds of passengers rescued from the brink of death
after the worst maritime disaster in New Zealand’s modern
history took place.
At a gathering at Seatoun School on Tuesday to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the sinking of Wahine,
Daniel brought an enlarged photo of himself as a three-yearold being brought to shore by crewman George Brabander.
Daniel has never met his rescuer and would dearly love
to one day.
Continued on page 2.
Wahine survivor Daniel O’Neill holds a photo of him being
brought ashore by George Brabander, next to a display of
other rescuers at the Seatoun Remembers event.
PHOTO: Jamie Adams

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Pupils create display as Wahine survivors,
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Continued from page 1.
He and his family were on
the interisland ferry destined
for Australia when the disaster
struck. After recovering in
Wellington they continued on,
haunted by a tragedy they would
never forget.
Daniel has lived across the
Tasman ever since but returning to the site brought back
memories that are still etched
from that tender age.
“I remember the feelings I had
at the time. Even today, being
on a stormy coast can trigger
them.”
Daniel was one of dozens of
survivors who joined rescuers
at the Seatoun function, the last
of a series of commemorations
in Wellington and across the
harbour in Eastbourne where
almost all the 51 people who
died on the day had washed
ashore.
While the weather was appropriately wet and windy,
organisers of the Wahine 50
programme remarked that the
gales blasting Wellington were
just a breeze compared to the
200km/h gusts from Cyclone
Giselle that battered the region
on April 10, 1968.

Wahine 50 Trust chairman
Rhys Jones says the commemorations are about acknowledging the efforts of ordinary
people who came to the rescue
on that fateful day.
“It’s about communities being
strong and resilient and knowing their role is still relevant
today.
“We tend to forget the vast
majority of rescue agencies are
volunteers,” Rhys says.
“We often call them the first
responders but they are actually

the second responders – the first
are in the immediate vicinity.
They are the ones who helped
save 680 people’s lives that day.”
Seatoun Remembers featured
displays of photos and newspapers that had been collected by
local pharmacist Rowan Hatch,
who had donated much of his
memorabilia to what is now
Wellington Museum at the 25th
anniversary.
The presentation also featured
displays by Seatoun School’s
pupils including a cardboard

re-enactment of the disaster,
collages and drawings of the
ship and even an augmented
reality video display using a
tablet computer.
Principal John Western says
the entire school was involved
in organising the “high quality”
event.
“Historically the school would
go annually to the pharmacy
and more recently the museum
to commemorate, but this time
we wanted to do something
extra special.”

Parking warden recovering after ‘act of thuggery’
A Wellington City Council
parking officer has had to have
surgery, including facial reconstruction, after being assaulted
while on duty on Friday.
The officer was knocked
unconscious and suffered a
fractured eye socket and broken
nose.
Wellington City Council’s
acting chief executive Kane
Patena says the parking officer
was admitted to hospital and
underwent surgery after the
attack outside Newtown School

on Riddiford St.
Kane says the officer will fully
recover, “but it will take some
time”.
“The officer wants me to
convey their sincere gratitude to
the members of the public who
rendered assistance straight
away and to the officer’s colleagues who arrived at the
scene in a matter of minutes,”
Kane says.
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disgusted at what can only be
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“Our parking officers are
good men and women who are
simply trying to do their job.
Not one of our staff deserves to
be treated like this irrespective
of what people think about the
profession.”
Wellington City Council’s
Director of Human Resources,
Nicola Brown, says Worksafe
was notified on Monday and the
council will carry out its own
investigation.
“We are also actively support-

ing our parking officers who
will no doubt be shaken by this
incident.”
Mayor Justin Lester says the
incident was “unacceptable”.
“Councillors and I have sent
our best wishes for a speedy
recovery to the officer.”
The alleged offender, a
39-year-old man, was arrested
and released on bail. He is due
to appear at the Wellington District Court on Friday, charged
with wounding with intent to
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Sallies call for collectors
The Salvation Army is offering Wellingtonians the chance to spend an hour
or more to help end poverty in New
Zealand.
The charity is expanding its search
for collectors for its annual Red Shield
Appeal week from April 30 to May 6.
The appeal raises funds to support its
frontline services tackling poverty in
New Zealand.
Historically, it has used staff and church
members as volunteers. However, after
a positive response from the public last
year, it is sending out the call again, with
25 sites across Wellington city where
people would be collecting.
People who want to sign up as a collector can go to www.salvationarmy.org.nz
and sign up.

Change is on the cards at
the former Hataitai Bowling
Club building, and community
representatives want the public
to have their say as to what
should happen.
The Hataitai Community
Recreation Trust (HCRT), The
Hataitai Community House
and the Hataitai Residents’
Association have joined forces
to form a sub-committee that
will oversee a feasibility study
into the future of the building,
which housed the suburb’s
bowling club until 2012 and
now requi res ea r thqua ke

strengthening.
“We have received $56,000
from the Lotteries Grants
Board for a feasibility study to
be carried out by a consultancy
firm called Lumin,” says Roy
Glass, HCRT Trustee and
member of the feasibility study
group.
The three groups have been
working collaboratively to reassess how the village facilities
could be best managed for the
good of Hataitai residents.
Sub-committees have been
formed to manage fundraising,
maintenance, communications
and future developments, as
well as the feasibility study.

“We need the community to
tell us how they’d like to see
this facility used in the future,”
Roy says.
“Before we make this decision we have to understand
what the community wants. We
don’t want to pre-empt them.”
Roy says it is important the
Trust gets it right as the building and greens had effectively
been donated for community
and recreational use as a goodwill gesture after the bowling
club wound up.
A range of activities currently
take place there, including
functions, speech and drama
and dance classes. Menzhed

Wellington is also a tenant.
Representatives from the
three groups are working on a
Memorandum of Understanding to ensure collaborative
management of the building
and the neighbouring Community House.
Roy says while the feasibility
study should be completed
by May, engagement with the
Hataitai community will be a
focus for 2018 via newsletters,
mailed postcards and focus
groups.
A decision is not likely to be
made until the end of the year.
“It will take as long as it
takes.”

Frank Kitts Park will be redeveloped
following an Environment Court decision
giving a proposed upgrade project the
go-ahead.
On Friday, the Environment Court found
in favour of the Council’s proposed design
for a children’s playground and granted
resource consent for its implementation.
The Council has set aside $2.5m of
funding for the project in the Waterfront
Development Plan.
The children’s playground is its first
stage and work will get under way late
this year or early next year.
The next stage is a Chinese Garden
project which is currently being fundraised for.

Noodle Markets to
reduce waste
The Night Noodle Markets is set to kickoff on Wednesday April 18 for five nights
at Frank Kitts Park.
Featuring a smorgasbord of food, a bar
and family-friendly entertainment, the
cash-free event is also proving its commitment to sustainability with an initiative
set to dramatically reduce landfill waste.
“For $3, festival goers can purchase a
cup to use throughout the event. When
they are done with it, they can return it for
a $1 deposit or keep it as a nice memento,” says event manager Simon Carter.
Entry to the five-day event is free and
food prices range from $5 to $15. Only
Eftpos and credit cards will be accepted.

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Cautious approval of light rail
running through Newtown

Local banks
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Local banks have outstripped the
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Consumer NZ’s latest survey.
Consumer NZ chief executive Sue
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bank’s service.
The Co-operative Bank was close
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The Royal New Zealand Returned
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Appeal, which provides vital funds
that support New Zealand’s 41,000
veterans, returned servicemen and
women and their families.
Poppy Day will take place this year on
Friday April 20.
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country’s younger veterans who have
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There has been positive reaction to a proposed light rail system through Newtown, though
there is still concern about
whether it should be a priority.
The billion-dollar proposal
was mooted last week by Wellington mayor Justin Lester who
believes there is a “strong likelihood” of it happening under
current government transport
policy.
The proposal would see a new
railway line installed through
the CBD and extended along
Adelaide Rd and Riddiford St
to Wellington Zoo from where
there would then be a tunnel
to Kilbirnie and another to the
airport.
Rhona Carson is in favour as
long as the route takes local
businesses and amenities into
consideration.
While the president of the
Newtown Residents Association could not speak for the
organisation at this point, her
personal view was that light
rail would need to be done in a
way that supports the suburb’s

existing infrastructure.
“In general I approve but
would want to be consulted
on the design of anything that
goes through Newtown. I would
want our local amenities and
our Newtown streetscape protected,” Rhona says.
Cycling advocate Patrick
Morgan, who also lives in
Newtown, wants light rail to
be a solution for the worsening
traffic jams on Riddiford St and
round the Basin Reserve during
rush hour.
To resolve traffic congestion
the council needs to invest in
efficient modes of transportation, he says.
“Nothing beats light rail for
moving loads of people,” Patrick says.
John Rankin, a representative
of lobby group Fair Intelligent
Transport (FIT) Wellington,
says that for light rail to flourish
in Newtown, Wellington City
Council would need to work
with the community closely
and extensively to ensure that
the design accommodates everyone.
“That means lots of public
meetings, lots of mock-ups of

What the proposed light rail system could look like along Newtown’s Manchester St next to Wellington Zoo. IMAGE: Supplied

different design options, being
realistic about the potential for
disruption during construction,”
John says.
“Successful light rail projects
take a ‘whole of street’ approach, from property line to
property line. This is particularly important in a place like
Newtown which has a vibrant
streetscape.”
Rongotai MP Paul Eagle

says while many residents are
supportive of light rail, the
key to its full endorsement is
engagement with them and
local business once a route and
its impact is identified.
“I’ve had many, many residents – particularly those living
in the eastern suburbs – who
would like to see a second
Mt Victoria tunnel built as a
priority.”

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Those 18-26 who support worthy
causes or invest time to help others can
now apply online for Outward Bound
scholarships for 2018.
The 21-day Classic courses in the
Marlborough Sounds for which the
scholarships are available are: May
7-27, June 4-24, July 30- August 19 and
August 27-September 16.
The scholarship pays up to 75 percent
of the fee. Participants need to cover
the cost of a medical appointment and
travel to and from Picton.

Draft concept cycleway designs for The Parade in Island
Bay are now online.
These plans reflect the redesign proposal that was agreed
by most Wellington City councillors in September 2017.
Between August 2016 and
July 2017, the council worked
with the Island Bay Residents
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Island Bay and The Parade.
A community network, Love
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everyone in place-making and
design and public workshops
were held in 2016 to establish a
shared vision and goals for the
community.
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New bus route will improve journeys: Council
Greater Wellington Regional Council
says the changes to bus routes and timetables across Wellington are about making a

better and more integrated public transport
network that helps more people go to more
places.

The council is responding to a petition
that a Roseneath schoolgirl, Meaghan
Serjantson, has begun on the Change.org
website calling for the No.14 bus service to
be retained, as reported in last week’s issue.
“The decision to change the 14 route
was confirmed and publicised by Greater
Wellington Regional Council in its Regional
Public Transport Plan in 2014,” senior
engagement advisor Peter Thornbury says.
“The plan was the culmination of years of
work, including assessing technical advice
from independent and council public transport experts, and many rounds of public
consultation.”
The key driver of the whole network was
removal of route duplication to decongest
the network, he says.
“From Hataitai Village the 14 route
currently overlaps with the number 2 route.”
From July that will be part of the new
“East-West spine” - a high frequency service

with buses every five to 10 minutes on weekdays running between Karori and Seatoun,
via Hataitai and Kilbirnie. The No.14 will
connect to this at Hataitai Village.
The council accepts that for some commuters it will mean a change in the way they
currently travel that could be inconvenient.
“We’re sorry for that,” Peter says.
However a new bus stop is being created
at the bottom of Hataitai Road close to the
corner with Waitoa Road, which serves as
the beginning of the return route.
“So people will only have to walk a few
metres to the main Waitoa Road stop, and
there will be no need to cross the road.”
From July 15 there will be free bus-to-bus
transfers within 30 minutes when using
Snapper cards, meaning travel from Hataitai
and Roseneath to Kilbirnie shops will not
cost any more.
Peter also clarifies that the No.3 service
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Rachel Gamble-Flint, a British international from 2007-2014, now director
of rowing at Samuel Marsden College,
says bad weather postponed the start of
their crossing, which was originally to
start on Friday.

Their window of opportunity is
between Saturday and Tuesday.
“We’ll just have to give it a go.”
They plan to start the 100km row
from the Picton Rowing Club at 3am
to arrive at the Wellington Rowing
Club on Jervois Quay late afternoon
or early evening.
“Obviously we won’t know exactly
when this is until closer to the time,”
says Rachel.
They have two support boats travelling with them and there will be a
gathering of people organised for their

arrival, at whatever time.
They rowers, who all work in teaching or with young people in some way,
are part of a group of eight friends
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representative 2006-2012; Eleanor Morris, Wellington Rowing Club, and
reserve rower, Julia Richter, German representative 2007- present.
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NZ Army Band
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at Pukeahu
Current and former New Zealand Army Band
members are joining together in a tribute to the
fallen on Saturday and Sunday in a free public
concert at Pukeahu National War Memorial Park.
“This weekend presents an opportunity to hear
some of New Zealand’s finest military musicians
and vocalists perform,” said Brodie Stubbs,
Manat Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage.
“The band has a top-class international reputation performing for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth
II at the 2012 60th Diamond Jubilee Pageant
at Windsor Castle and in 2016 the band was a
stand-out at the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo
in Wellington.
“Since its formation in 1964 the band has built
a reputation for versatile and innovative musical
performance.
“We’re delighted to have the band led by Major
Graham Hickman, plus 26 former band members,
with us again this weekend after their successful
Concert in the Park in December.
The Saturday programme features a musical
tribute to the fallen including an evening hymn,
victory drum rolls, and the Last Post bugle call
superimposed over traditional military music.
The Ode to the Fallen will be recited in Maori
and English at the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior.
“Families are welcome to bring a rug and a
picnic to this event,” Brodie says.
The Sunday programme will see past and
present members of the New Zealand Army
Band present a free, family friendly concert that
includes swing, jazz, pop and rock music.
Afterwards people are invited to stay for the
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‘First name only’ use foisted on us all
Dear Editor;
Well, for once, I have some empathy
with Martin Beck, in his reaction to
the bland non-answer he got from the
Banking Ombudsman about the Kiwi
Bank “solutions” to his complaint.
I’d also feel irked by a letter signed with
a “first-name-only” signature: I wonder
whether even this female name itself
was a real name, not just a fictitious one;

because I remember a time when the
public sector sometimes used fictitious
names for the real people to hide behind!
But as well, there now seems to be
a policy of trying to deprive us of our
continuing family identity in our surnames, since marriage has been made
meaningless in the eyes of the law.
People are free to use any surname as
their caprice might prompt them from

time to time. It’s also assumed that
everyone is to be addressed by first name
only, with no honorifics or surnames
included in either speech or writing.
That may be okay for people who have
indicated that it’s what they want; but it
has been foisted on to all and sundry over
the last 20 years, like it or not.
H Westfold,
Miramar

Kiwibank move based on backing debt-loading developments
Dear Editor,
Newtown is thriving, although
feeling dejected by Kiwibank’s
decision to close. Following WCC
massive spending over many years
on revamping Kilbirnie shopping
centre, along with proposed new
developments, the hidden agenda
behind Mayor Lester’s ‘resilience

distraction’ is to make Kilbirnie a
business hub.
The underlying impetus behind
all the imposed changes for the
Wellington’s southern suburbs
seems to be directed towards
supporting the Shelly Bay private
subsidised development.
Kiwibank’s move to Kilbirnie -

‘the little engine that could’ - supports such council development
schemes for Kilbirnie and private
Shelly Bay despite Kiwibank’s
first home buyer’s needs, as if
such families could ever afford to
invest there.
Why has the Minister for Local
Government not investigated the

Stunned that pets are to be
allowed on buses
Dear Sir/Madam
I read with dismay in our local paper,
Cook Strait News (March 22) that pets
will soon be allowed on all Greater Wellington’s public transport systems. Having
lived in Wellington for over 70 years, this
ground-breaking news shocked me.
To my knowledge, such major change
in legislation should surely require much
public debate and, at the very least, a
referendum. The thought of such a huge
change in public transport conditions has
major implications when passengers are
forced to share the small confines of a bus
or train carriage with an animal they may
feel uncomfortable with.
In addition, “heaven forbid” the fact that
an animal may defecate or behave in other
unsavoury ways would be very disturbing.
Also, many people have allergies to

animals and would be very apprehensive
about the risk of sitting on a seat on which
an animal had previously been sitting.
Another thought - what determines the
size of a lap suitable for a pet? Do big pets
require big laps?
Another consideration is the attitude of
the union to which bus and train drivers
and also cleaners belong.
Has the Greater Wellington’s Sustainable
Transport Committee had the “green
lights” from the union on the implications
and extra work, some unpleasant, that its
members may have to put up with? The
extra cleaning bill would surely put this
new legislation out of logical reach.
I remain amazed.
Rowan Hatch
Seatoun

serious underlying collusion and
feasibility of this tri-party scheme
before it fails and plunge ratepayers into debt? Perhaps Rose Wu
of Kilbirnie has further insights
of WCC’s past and intended
development costs and the future
of Kilbirnie’s bus depot?
Kiwibank’s push on all their

customers going on-line banking
to reduce its service costs – but
already texts to RNZ cost 20
cents, so just a matter of time
before all Kiwibank on-line banking data transactions will incur a
nominal fee.
Martin Beck,
Mornington

‘Diversion on request’ possible
solution to bus route woes
Dear Editor,
I was reading about the re-routing of
No. 29 buses up Russell Terrace instead
of Rintoul Street. (Cook Strait News
April 5).
If you know Russell Terrace, you will
know there is a lot of green space on one
side of the road. Rintoul Street has houses
on both sides of the street, and would seem
a more logical choice for a bus route.
The commuter pictured in the Cook
Strait News is standing outside the Rintoul
Street Villas, a complex of social rental
housing alongside a well-used bus-stop.
If GWRC considers that re-routing along
Russell Terrace is really necessary, then
can I suggest that there could be a “diversion on request”.
A Rintoul Villas resident heading south
could ask the driver to turn right off

Russell Terrace into Herald Street, then
left into Rintoul Street, stopping outside
the villas.
The bus could then continue its journey
back to Russell Terrace via Lavaud Street,
as Rintoul Street and Russell Terrace run
parallel at the southern ends. It wouldn’t
be a big detour.
The flaw in my reason-based policy
suggestion is of course: how would the
Newtown-bound bus driver know if there
are passengers in Rintoul Street wanting to
go to Newtown? You would need psychic
bus drivers.
The able-bodied Villas residents can
probably get themselves over to Russell
Terrace ok, but the less able-bodied are
going to have problems.
Christine Swift
Island Bay

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Mayor thrilled
as Shelly Bay
legal challenge
dismissed
Wellington Mayor Justin Lester welcomed
Tuesday’s High Court decision to dismiss
judicial review proceedings blocking the
proposed multi-million dollar development
of Shelly Bay.
“This is an excellent result. This project
aims to transform Shelly Bay for the better
and it has my wholehearted support,” Justin
says.
“It’s an endorsement of the City Council’s
planning processes for Shelly Bay, but, more
importantly, it’s an endorsement of the proposal by iwi and The Wellington Company
to turn a dilapidated site into something
special and beneficial for Wellington.
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local iwi in getting this project under way.
“This rundown area has sat dormant for a
long time and it’s exciting we will now be
able to improve the area.”
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both the proposed development and of its
planning process.
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Empowering Newtown youth through art

A mural created by participants of the previous Art Jam holiday programme. PHOTO: Gianina Schwanecke
By Gianina Schwanecke
JOURNALISM STUDENT

A new arts programme for
teens is set to launch next
term in Newtown following
a successful holiday programme trial last year at the
Mt Victoria Hub.
Art Jam will run a holiday
programme for intermediate
students from April 16 to
April 27 at the Newtown Hall,
before launching officially at
the start of Term 2.
Classes will run Monday to
Friday during school hours
and students will learn mural
and street art painting, song
writing, drum playing and
film making.

Art Jam is the brain-child
of Josh Menheere and Jamen
Moss who wanted to establish a creative workshop
programme for intermediate
students.
Josh first became interested
in street art as a teenager
in Australia, later working
towards a visual arts course.
After studying Buddhism for
six years, he began a “pop art
therapy” holiday programme
in the United States, working
with children from a variety
of faith backgrounds.
The programme focuses on
engaging students in conversation about the world around
them, rather than colouring in
butterflies.

Josh and Jamen met at their
local yoga centre and bonded
over a shared commitment to
“service through art”.
“We decided to team up
and make art, music and film
workshops,” Josh says.
“Art Jam school is [about]
art, music and film workshops
around states of being.
“There’s already a focus on
doing and having, but we’re
human beings.”
Josh and Jamen draw inspiration from artist Keith Haring and musician Trevor Hall.
A former student, Maya,
says the open and caring
environment makes students
comfortable to be themselves.
“The activities have a genu-

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by allowing a creative outlet
to release feelings and create
solutions or closure,” she says.
Their group’s projects include a short film about the
journey of a plastic bag, from
production to the mouth of an
unfortunate dolphin.
The pair recently worked
with Cuba Dupa goers to
create a mural on Abel Smith
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A new local swimming star
has been born in the form of
Lewis Clareburt.
The 18-year-old from Roseneath won an unexpected
bronze medal in the 400m
individual medley at the Gold
Coast Commonwealth Games
on the weekend.
Lewis touched the wall in
4min 14.42sec to secure third
place behind Australian Clyde
Lewis and Scotland’s Mark
Szaranek, smashing his personal best by more than four
seconds in the process.
The result was all the more
remarkable as he only gained
selection in the 400m IM after
filling an athlete quota following his missing the qualifying
mark by a tenth of a second at
last year’s age-group champi-

onships.
Speaking to the Cook Strait
News from the Gold Coast,
Lewis’s coach Gary Hollywood says his protégé has been
“quite overwhelmed” by the
attention he’s received, yet he
was able to stay focused on his
three other events, the 200m
backstroke, 200m butterfly and
200m individual medley.
While Lewis’s rapid rise
has triggered comparisons to
double Olympic gold medallist Danyon Loader – Lewis
equalled Danyon’s 25-year-old
age-group record in the 200m
freestyle last year – Gary says
it’s not like comparing apples.
“I think the onus is on the
coach because [Danyon’s
coach] Duncan Laing put
himself in the position where
he was ahead of the game.”
Gary says while many swim-

mers are talented, what makes
Lewis stand out is his belief
and determination.
“I once told him ‘I think you
can go 4.14’ and he said ‘I was
thinking that as well’.”
Last year Lewis was a Year
13 student and prefect at Scots
College. Headmaster Graeme
Yule recalls him as being “very
dedicated and committed to
what he does”.
“One of the things we worked
hard with him was trying to
manage swimming demands
with academic demands.”
Last year was particularly disruptive as Lewis spent weeks
training for and then attending
the Commonwealth Youth
Games in the Bahamas where
he won three gold and four
silver medals, yet he was still
able to pass his NCEA Level 3
exams afterwards.

Wellington proves it has
talent in American football

“He’s done superbly, we’re exceptionally proud of him,” Graeme says.
Lewis is a member of the Capital

Swim Club where he chose to stay
rather than train with other Swimming
NZ squad members in Auckland.

Sports talk
Wellington-based members of the New Zealand Grid Iron team from left Isaac Isa’ako, Gordon
Burns, Mark Tinilau (Porirua) and Paddy Blackman. PHOTO: Jamie Adams
By Jamie Adams

When it comes to American
Football, you can’t go past the
fanatical coverage of the NFL
on ESPN and even non-sports
fans would have heard of the
Super Bowl.
Nonetheless it’s unlikely you
would typically see the game,
also known as gridiron, being
played on busy sports fields on
Saturdays.
However Wellington not only
boasts a healthy presence of
gridiron players, it has had
more than half a dozen representatives in a national team.
American Football Wellington (AFW) spokesman Gordon
Burns accepts “it isn’t known
all too well” that the sport is
played here, or that there is a
New Zealand team known as
the Steel Blacks.
Based at the Toitu Poneke
Hub in Kilbirnie, AFW runs a
summer competition involving
three teams – the Wellington
City Wolves, Hutt Valley Spar-

tans and Porirua Football.
Gordon and seven other players from those teams - Patrick
Blackman, Isaac Isa’ako, Te
Puoho Katene, Bong-Chong
Khanchaleun, Darren Kippen,
David Michl, Mark Tinilau –
have represented New Zealand
over the past decade, with
Te Puoho now studying in
California.
“We were all pretty proud of
the Wellington representation
in the national team,” Gordon
says.
“There aren’t too many games
at a national representative
level, with the last senior men’s
squad called together in 2016 to
play American Samoa.”
While on the surface gridiron
is similar to rugby, it’s not just
the playing field and attire that
is markedly different.
Only 11 players in each side
are allowed on the field, each
with their own specific position.
The heavy padding is necessary due to inevitable monster

tackles that rugby players
would unlikely get away with.
“I would call it a collision
sport,” Gordon says. “With
rugby it’s about the possession
of the ball but with us you run
as fast as you can into people.”
Gordon says he was drawn
to gridiron while still at high
school, fascinated by the individual nature of play, despite it
being a team sport.
“There’s one-on-one interaction for pretty much every
player. That’s what makes it
unique.”
The Wellington club season
finished last month with the undefeated Hutt Valley Spartans
beating Porirua Football in the
final. Many players are now
focused on rugby or league for
the winter.
New Zealand has also competed in gridiron’s non-tackling derivative flag football,
representing Oceania at the
2016 world champs in Miami.
Wellington recently hosted a
flag football tournament.

with Jacob Page

Friendly Games need
some fire
Being fully immersed and on the
ground at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games, I must tip my
hat to the Aussies on being quality
hosts - something New Zealand
could learn from.
Dubbed ’The Friendly Games’,
the 11-day event is certainly living
up to that billing.
A night at the swimming and track
cycling has been enjoyable with
volunteers friendly, knowledgeable
and approachable.
Public transport is a breeze to use.
The cost is built into your ticket
price so you simply hop on and
hop off.
The track cycling at the Anna
Meares Velodrome (or as Kiwis
named it, The Sarah Ulmer Velodrome) was more than two hours
away from our Broadbeach base.
Despite needing a tram, train
and bus to get there, it was easily
achievable.

I must admit there’s a lack of
intensity in some of the events.
the celebrations aren’t filled with
as much visible raw emotion of an
Olympics or even World Championships.
That’s not to say the athletes
aren’t trying but it’s certainly not
a career-defining event for most.
The New Zealand flag continues
to look a lot like the Australian one
which is frustrating as a spectator
- but we’ve voted on that issue,
haven’t we?
The stadium experience trumps
everything in New Zealand.
The ease of getting to the venue,
finding your seat, getting food and
then leaving again eclipses New
Zealand on our best night.
It’s fun to watch more obscure
sports have their moment in the
sun but there is a feeling Commonwealth glory doesn’t mean as much
as it once did.